Triples : 1916 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1916 Triples Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Bill Hinchman 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Rogers Hornsby 15 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Benny Kauff 15 New York Giants  
Edd Roush 15 New York Giants  
Cincinnati Reds  
Heinie Groh 14 Cincinnati Reds 5
Hy Myers 14 Brooklyn Robins  
Ed Konetchy 13 Boston Braves 7
Rabbit Maranville 13 Boston Braves  
Zack Wheat 13 Brooklyn Robins  
Hal Chase 12 Cincinnati Reds 10
Possum Whitted 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bruno Betzel 11 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Max Carey 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Larry Doyle 11 New York Giants  
Chicago Cubs  
Ivey Wingo 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Doc Johnston 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Tom Long 10 St. Louis Cardinals  
Red Smith 10 Boston Braves  
Les Mann 9 Chicago Cubs 19
Honus Wagner 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Cy Williams 9 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Bescher 8 St. Louis Cardinals 22
George Burns 8 New York Giants  
Gavvy Cravath 8 Philadelphia Phillies  
Art Fletcher 8 New York Giants  



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.